DAVINA McCall has phoned her doctor twice in tears fearing she is suffering from Alzheimer’s like her father.
The former Big Brother presenter praised her father, Andrew, and grandmother who has dementia, as both being “inspirational”.
She told Good Housekeeping magazine: “I have called my doctor twice in floods of tears saying ‘I’ve definitely got it’.
“She told me ‘If you had Alzheimer’s you wouldn’t be calling me about it’. I’m only forgetful because my inbox is full and I have cognitive overload. I don’t drink, don’t smoke and I’m in good health.
“If I get ill, I get ill – it’s a lottery. None of us knows what’s going to happen around the corner. You just have to enjoy life.”
She said her father’s upbeat attitude is “quite extraordinary”.
“In certain aspects he is getting worse - his short-term memory is really a struggle. But he is living a great life and has the amazing love of my step-mum, who I call Mum. When you see the way he is dealing with it, you realise you can’t mope around.
McCall, who has battled drug addiction, told the June issue of the women’s magazine that as she has become older she is less concerned with what people think of her. She will turn 50 in October this year.
She said: “I genuinely care a lot less about what people think of me.
“As you grow older, I think you’ve earned the right to wear something that might divide people.”
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